The Seventh Crusade was led by King Louis IX of France, who took the cross after a serious illness and set out to attack Egypt, the center of Muslim power in the Levant. His army captured the port of Damietta in 1249, but it was defeated at the battle of Al Mansurah, and Louis himself was captured in 1250 as his forces retreated. He was released after paying a large ransom and giving up Damietta. He then spent several years in the Crusader states of Syria and Palestine, strengthening their fortifications, before returning to France in 1254. The crusade failed in its main aim, and Louis later died on the Eighth Crusade in Tunis.
Before and after
- 26 June 1243Battle of Köse Dağ
- c. 1244Origins of Berlin
- 1245Construction of Sainte Chapelle
- from August 1247 to November 1248Siege of Seville
- from 1248 to 1254Seventh Crusade
- from 1250 to 1517Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
- 13th centuryConstruction of Château de Blois
- c. 1250Carving of the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- from c. 1250s to 1500sThe moai statues of Easter Island are carved
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The era
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